ONE of Britain's best ever show jumpers, Warwickshire-based Nick Skelton, will be paying a visit to a local arena this weekend to sign copies of his new autobiography 'Only Falls And Horses'....

ONE of Britain's best ever show jumpers, Warwickshire-based Nick Skelton, will be paying a visit to a local arena this weekend to sign copies of his new autobiography 'Only Falls And Horses'.

Skelton, who started his remarkable career at the age of 15 in the Leek Wootton stables of Liz and Ted Edgar, will be at Solihull Riding Club on Sunday.

He has been invited by Lorraine Green, owner of the Solihull based Horse Sense Saddlers shop, and will be signing copies of his book between 10am and Noon.

The graphic description of the fall that ended Skelton's career just over a year ago, at Parkgate Show in Cheshire, gives some idea of the quality of writing in the book.

"She (my horse) ran backwards and threw her head up, catapulting me into the air. All I can remember is landing right on the top of my head, with my full body weight above me. I wasn't on the angle at all, I dropped vertically from about five feet. I hit the floor and heard a loud crack, literally inside my head."

The book covers Skelton's entire career from his early days with the Edgars - always a little fraught - to his Olympic and World Championship appearances and the many behind the scene parties and practical jokes so associated with show jumpers.